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The first thing you notice about this live 1942 performance is the unusually vivid sound, which likely derives from an early, experimental tape source. While
Karl Muck (1859-1940) was chiefly regarded as a Wagner specialist, particularly for his conducting of Parsifal. All the recordings he made from the opera are
Herbert von Karajan’s 1961 Wiener Staatsoper production of Parsifal caused quite a stir, not only for his idiosyncratic stage directing and lighting, but for employing
This 1971 Tristan was recorded live at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Its principal value lies with the protangonists. The occasion marked Jon Vickers’
Otto Klemperer’s Mahler Ninth enjoys something of a cult following, particularly in France, where its grim lack of sentimentality and unflinching willingness to expose the
Don’t write off this live 1948 Lohengrin (sung in Hungarian) as a mere curiosity. Yes, the sound is just so-so, and the singers are solid
The 1940s were a luxurious time for Wagner singing, as this Met broadcast from February 6, l943, confirms. Erich Leinsdorf leads a tight performance, with
This performance of “Das Rheingold” by the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Boston in l937 helps let us experience what tends to be referred to
